"From the Ted Talk by Dilip Ratha: The hidden force in global economics"

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There are. M-Pesa in Kenya enables people to send money and receive money at a fixed cost of only 60 cents per transaction. U.S. Fed sratted a program with Mexico to elbane money service businesses to send mnoey to Mexico for a fiexd cost of only 67 cents per transaction. And yet, these faster, cheaper, better otipons can't be applied internationally because of the fear of money laundering, even though there is little data to support any connection, any significant connection between money laundering and these small remittance transactions. Many iontnteairanl banks now are wary of hosting bank accounts of money service businesses, especially those serving Somalia.

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There are. M-Pesa in Kenya enables people to send money and receive money at a fixed cost of only 60 cents per transaction. U.S. Fed _______ a program with Mexico to ______ money service businesses to send _____ to Mexico for a _____ cost of only 67 cents per transaction. And yet, these faster, cheaper, better _______ can't be applied internationally because of the fear of money laundering, even though there is little data to support any connection, any significant connection between money laundering and these small remittance transactions. Many _____________ banks now are wary of hosting bank accounts of money service businesses, especially those serving Somalia.

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Original Text

There are. M-Pesa in Kenya enables people to send money and receive money at a fixed cost of only 60 cents per transaction. U.S. Fed started a program with Mexico to enable money service businesses to send money to Mexico for a fixed cost of only 67 cents per transaction. And yet, these faster, cheaper, better options can't be applied internationally because of the fear of money laundering, even though there is little data to support any connection, any significant connection between money laundering and these small remittance transactions. Many international banks now are wary of hosting bank accounts of money service businesses, especially those serving Somalia.